The Joy of being an Amateur (But Slightly Better Than Your Friends) Baker

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It's come to my attention that I cannot post my recipes here. While that makes me a little sad, there are always other places I can share that. It's also come to my attention that I'm allowed to gush about baking here...sans the recipes. So I shall. Recently, I had to make my experimental Fig Newton cake for a friend's birthday. Since I was just learning, I decided to use a box mix and replace ingredients as needed. When she finally ate the cake, she wouldn't even share it with me. I thought she was joking, but she took the whole cake from my hands and licked the top! I'm not big on eating sweets (irony) so I didn't mind too much. Anyway, I tell this story to a friend, who then demands to try that cake because there is no way it could be that good. So, I go make her the same thing. She takes one bite, she looks at the cake, then looks at me, then looks back at the cake. "But you burn ramen" Is her response...right before she walks off while eating the whole cake. I think I'm going to call my prototype a resounding success. I hope the non-box mix will follow with the same results.